- Date
- April 21, 1989, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Olive Branch, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N51344Cessna 150M
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890421009639A
- Case key
- 32427
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Probable cause
Fuel exhaustion caused by the pilot exceeding the fuel endurance of the airplane.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt was near his home base in his just acquired acft after a 4 hr x-country flt from atlanta when the eng quit at an alt of 4,000 ft. the plt attempted a forced landing in an open field, but hooked a wing tip and the acft cartwheeled. An exam of the acft revealed only about 1 gallon of unusable fuel remained in the fuel tanks. The plt stated that he must have run out of gas.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51344
- Reported as
- Cessna 150M
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15069940
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joseph V. Anoryshak
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 4, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- 4A7 · Hampton, GA
- Destination
- OLV · Olive Branch, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 1,900 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MEM, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.